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Autism Pride Day: Success

Autism is a spectrum; we're not all learning disabled, high functioning, or severe. All of us have potential, and it's time we learned more about ourselves and each other. We have a diagnosis, a history, and a wide range of skills.

Successful people with Autism

Grandin, & Scariano, M. (2005). Emergence: Labeled Autistic: a True Story (Warner Books ed.). Grand Central Publishing.

This Temple Grandin's story. She may be the most successful person with autism literature and holds a PhD.

Rowe, M. (2022). Fearlessly Different: an Autistic Actor’s Journey to Broadway’s Biggest Stage. Rowman & Littlefield.
First person narrative.

He is not the only actor with autism, Daryl Hannah and Anthony Hopkins also are on the spectrum, but this book gives a firsthand account of one actor's experience.

Saperstein, J. A. (2010). Atypical: Life with Asperger’s in 20 1/3 Chapters. Perigee Books.
TR library. First person narrative.

This is a writer who uses his autism to learn to use his autistic characteristics to create his own viewpoint on the world, one that is funny and insightful.

Fiction writers who are autistic and their book titles:

Duyvis, C. (2016) On the Edge of Gone. Abrams, New York, NY.

Available at Trinity River library. Young adult SciFi.

Lee, Yoon Ha. (2016). Hexarchate StoriesSolaris, New York, NY.

Available at Trinity River library. SciFi and fantasy.

Hibbert, T. Act Your Age, Eve Brown. Avon, New York, NY.

Available on our catalog online. Romance. This is the third in a series.

Hoang, H. (2018). (2018) The Kiss Quotient. Berkley Books, New York, NY.

This is available at South, Southeast, and Trinity River libraries, and our online catalog. Romance.

Hoffman, A. (2019) The Outside. Angry Robot. New York, NY.

Available at South library. SciFi.

McNicoll, E. (2020) A Kind of Spark. Knights of Media, New York, NY. 

This is available at Fort Worth Public Library. Children's book, being made into a TV series.

Wilde, J. 2017). Queens of Geek. Swoon Reads, New York, NY.

This is available at Fort Worth Public Library. Young adult, LGBT.